Backchat

Backchat

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主持人：Hugh Chiverton and Danny Gittings

Backchat is RTHK Radio 3's current affairs programme with expert panels and listener participation. It airs every weekday from 8.30am-9.30am. Have your say by calling us on 233 88 266, Backchat's Facebook , or send us a message at backchat@rthk.hk

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Monday to Friday 8.30am - 9.30am (*except holidays)

Podcast: Daily update and available after its broadcast.

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On Wednesday's Backchat, LGBT in HK. There have been mixed developments recently when it comes to LGBT rights. A survey in the summer suggested that more than half of people here support gay marriage, and the Government will for the first time recognise overseas same-sex partnerships when granting dependent visas. But a proposal by Hong Kong’s only openly gay lawmaker that the government study the idea of creating legal unions for homosexual couples has been shot down in Legco after a heated debate. As voters in Taiwan choose not to allow gay marriage, where do we stand? Is public opinion changing or not? Should any legal changes mirror a mainstream view - or seek to protect a minority?

On Friday's Backchat, rewriting the Hong Kong story. A new book 'No Third Person' by Christine Loh and academic Richard Cullen says that Hong Kong must first and foremost accept the People's Republic for what it is today and work towards national betterment. A new narrative, according to the authors, needs to explain and portray a compelling future, and neutral political space can be created for policy dialogue, whether full universal suffrage is achieved or not in the medium term. What do you think of the idea of a fresh future, informed, but not constrained by the colonial past? Is this giving up? Is it realism? Is it a window for hope? What part should Beijing play in writing the story?

After 9.20, the former Home Affairs Secretary Patrick Ho's bribery and money-laundering case.